Your students are already using social networks. Why not take their lessons to where they spend much time? Social Media Writing Lesson Plans published by Westphalia Press imprint of the Policy Studies Organization, Washington, D.C. is geared towards secondary and higher education English and composition teachers and features blended and 100 percent online lessons presented at several conferences including: Beatnik Poetry YouTube Writing Lesson and Youtube Controversial Issue Summary and Rebuttal, as well as others for Facebook, NaNoWriMo, Blogger, and CreateSpace. Observe several non-indexed hyper-linked classroom tested examples and adapt to your class accordingly. Book includes non-fiction, fiction, and online engagement rubrics aligned to Common Core Writing Standards. More info? Visit: http://www.socialmedialessonplans.com Jill Spencer, Board Member, Maine Association for Middle Level Education (MAMLE) "...Bean and Waszak provide original projects supported with rich digital resources, a detailed instructional approach, and assessment strategies are designed to be intellectually challenging and engaging for the contemporary 6-12 student. This is a book full of ideas and how-tos that will excite you and your students. " John H. Shrawder, Director, Teaching for Success, National Faculty Success Center "Bean and Waszak do a masterful job in highlighting the advantages and benefits of using social media to enable creative and engaging lessons. Well researched and written, this book provides invaluable step-by step-lesson creation and management strategies needed to master the educational use of top social media sites. Instructors will find this eminently readable handbook saves countless hours of frustration and backtracking compared with jumping into this complex area of cyberspace." Karen Salsbury, ELA teacher, North Kansas City Public Schools "I eagerly tested a YouTube lesson adapted for my class. My students had so much fun. They had no idea they were becoming mini subject matter experts as they created video summaries for our class YouTube channel. I immediately saw cross curriculum ties with science and social studies. I highly recommend the social media lessons in this book for teachers everywhere!" The biggest misconception about using social media for writing lessons is that the process to set up a classroom site is complicated. Setting up a private YouTube or facebook class site takes no more time than many instructors spend perusing through their own social networks. For novice and social network savvy instructors,  a typical class site can be set up in about an hour or two, no than the time investing in any lesson plan instructions, putting it to good classroom use. One of my first and foremost teaching philosophies is to engage students, connect with them.  I wouldn't want to be in a class where I did not feel engaged or excited about the lessons. As a teacher myself, I know how important it is to "reach" my students. Learning can be fun and at the same time, students can walk away with the appropriate learning outcomes. Last year, Emily Waszak who also is passionate about engaging students, and I first wrote a book entitled , WordPress for Student Writing Projects . While that book was selling well, readers told us they wanted more plans for a variety of different social networks. We inherently knew this. We had much experience testing our lessons using WordPress, but needed more time to test several of the lessons, particularly those for YouTube and Blogger. We knew a more comprehensive book would complement our earlier effort. In addition to getting teacher and student buy in, however, we were fortunate to present several of the new book lessons at major educational conferences in 2014 such as: Beatnik YouTube Poetry Lesson... Selected among more than 2,000 proposals for presentation at the 2014 Annual Convention of the National Council of Teachers of English, Nov. 23, 2014, Washington, D.C. Using Blogger for Writing Projects Aligned to Common Core... Presented at the 3rd Annual MACUL Michigan Summit Featuring Google for Education, Nov. 4, 2014, Brighton, MI YouTube for Argumentative Writing: Controversial Issue Summary & Rebuttal... Presented at 7th Annual Emerging Technologies for Online Learning International Symposium (formerly Sloan Consortium), April 10th, 2014, Dallas, TX. WordPress for Student Writing Projects Aligned to Common Core Presented at e-Cornucopia 2014, Oakland University, June 13, 2014, Rochester Hills, MI. · Complete Rubrics for Fiction, Non-Fiction, Voice, Grammar, and Online Collaboration and Common Core curriculum · Advanced YouTube Editing Tips · Glossary of Pertinent Social Media Terms · Social Media Permission Slips · TinyURLs so print edition can easily navigate to examples · More Info? SocialMediaLessonPlans.com Erik Bean, Ed.D.  is interim dean of the CXR Institute and a fellow at th